diff --git a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEReductionOperation.cpp b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEReductionOperation.cpp
index 4938a56..463b65e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEReductionOperation.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEReductionOperation.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 #include "arm_compute/core/Helpers.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/utils/misc/ShapeCalculator.h"
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/NEON/NEScheduler.h"
+#include "src/core/NEON/kernels/NEReductionOperationKernel.h"
 #include "src/core/helpers/AutoConfiguration.h"
+#include "support/MemorySupport.h"
 
 namespace arm_compute
 {
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@
 }
 } // namespace
 
+NEReductionOperation::~NEReductionOperation() = default;
+
 NEReductionOperation::NEReductionOperation(std::shared_ptr<IMemoryManager> memory_manager)
     : _memory_group(memory_manager), _reduction_kernel(), _reshape(), _output_internal(), _window_split(0), _reduction_axis(), _is_reshape_required(false)
 {
@@ -125,7 +129,8 @@
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(NEReductionOperation::validate(input->info(), output->info(), axis, op, keep_dims));
 
     // Configure reduction kernel
-    _reduction_kernel.configure(input, output_internal, axis, op);
+    _reduction_kernel = arm_compute::support::cpp14::make_unique<NEReductionOperationKernel>();
+    _reduction_kernel->configure(input, output_internal, axis, op);
     _window_split   = reduction_window_split_dimension(axis);
     _reduction_axis = axis;
 
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@
 void NEReductionOperation::run()
 {
     MemoryGroupResourceScope scope_mg(_memory_group);
-    NEScheduler::get().schedule(&_reduction_kernel, _window_split);
+    NEScheduler::get().schedule(_reduction_kernel.get(), _window_split);
     if(_is_reshape_required)
     {
         _reshape.run();